Bottle-capping machine.



H. E. ASBURY.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 2. 1.911.

1 ,245,658. Yatend Nov. 6, 1917.

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H.-E.A ASBURY.

BOTTLE cAPPlNG MACHINE.

APPLICATION flLED FEB. 2. 1911.

1,245,658. Patented N0v.6,1917.

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H. E. ASBURY; A

BOTTLE CAPFING MACHINE.

. APPLCATIO 1 ,245,658. Patented NQV. 6, 1917. 3 EEEEE s; S H E E T 3.

' tion 11 on which is mountedthe guide'itrame- UNITED sTAjTEs PATENToPEIon HARRY E. AsEURY, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNsELvANIA, AssIGNoE To THEENTER PRISE MANUFACTURING COMPANY 0E PENNSYLVANIA, 0E PHILADELPHIA,PENN- sYLvANIA7 A .CORPORATION '0E PENNsYLvANIA. v

BOTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE.

Specifica-tion o'f Letters Patent.

Application led February 2, 1917 Serial No. 146,137.` v l To aZZ 'whom tmay concern: [j Y Be it known that I, HARRY E. ASBUEY, a citizen oftheUnited States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain Improvements in Bottle Capping Machines, of which the following1s a speci fication. Y

a comparatively cheap and effective machine for capping bottles.

chine that it can be used in the household.

In the accompanying drawings :n

Fig. 6, is a detached` perspectivefviewlv illustrating ithe two parts`oi"- the Ymain frame; '-.A r. i

F ig. V7, is a detached perspective view illustrating the two' parts Aoithe guide fra-me; and

Fig. 8, 'is a perspective View of a crown cap used in my machine. g

My improvedbottle capping machine is adapted for securing crown caps tobottles, such as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 8,V in which 1 is the bottlehaving an annular recess 2.-

3 is the cap having a langeffi, Ywhich is crimped, the flange beingofrsucha depth-l that it will enter the groove 2 in the bottle whenpressure vis applied by the machine. Y

Thefniain `frame V5 of the machine is adapted to be secured to a tableor to aA shelf, as shown at m, and is made in halves 5EIL and 5",clamped together by transverse screws 6. On the main frame is an exten'-Y sion 7j, which projects over the table and below the table isan'extension 8 in which is clamped a nut 9. Through this nut passes aclamp screw10'whic'h secures'the'frame to'` the table.V The frame has areduced-'Apor- 12. This guide frame is made in two parts,

as shownin Fig. 7, and the two parts are `secured to the main frame bymeans of partly by hinged clamps 14; the clamps are One objectief myinvention is to construct Patenteuivov.' 6, i917.

connected together by a headed rod 15 which passesl through openings inthe clamps and has a handlednut 16 thereonso that, on turning the nut,the clamps H are drawn toward each other and clamp the two vertical rods17: in position.

AVi'cross head 18 is carried by the rods 17T and the rods are reduced indiameter andu are secured to the cross` head by nuts 19. Figure l, isv afront elevation, with the In the cross head is a cylinder 20located instem 22 :which extends through the upper end ofthe cylinder, as shown,and surrounding the stein 22 is a spring 23 which tends to force theplunger downward toward the bottle. A- pin 24 limits the downwardmovement of the plunger. The opening fork thecylnider directly below the`plunger vis beveled, as shown, and at Vthe baclrofthe 4cross head is aVlug 25 forming a gage when setting the vcross head.

Mountedin the main frame is aplunger 26 carrying'the table 27 on whichthebottle is mounted. The plunger is prevented from turning in the mainframe by-a `rib 35 on the plunger, whichv is adapted'to agroove 36 inthe frame. The plungerlis vmade cruciform in cross section, in thepresent instance,l to lighten the machine. On the tableis a V-shapedguide 28 having a stem 29 which passes through a lug on the table and isheld`l n thecenter 'line of the machine and mounted -f i in thiscylinderisa` plunger 21 havingv a in the adjusted position by a setscrew' 30, j

sot-hat the guide can be adjusted-to accom# J modate bottles ofdifferent diameters in or-4` der to bring the center of the bottle inproper alinement with the `erosshead 18.

31 `is a Vhand lever having :trunnions 32 mounted in openings-32a in themain frame,

and the short --arm of this lever 31 is con;

plunger 21 in the i to their normal positions, I mount al coiledV springSli'within the casing ormedby the frame 5. One end ofthe coiled springis attached to the trunnions 32 of the lever 3l and the other' end ishooked onto a projection 3l in the casing. Stops 37 and 37 limit themovement of the hand lever 31.

In machines of this type it is essential that the parts can be adjustedto a bottle so as to insure the proper capping of the bottle. rllhis isaccomplished by limiting the movement of the lever so as to limit theelevation of the table and, in order to properly locate the cross headwith respect to the table, the lug 25 is provided, and a bottle placedon the table without the cap is so located that the cross head can beforced down until the gage lug comes in contact with the top of thebottle, then rods carrying the cross head are clamped in position, thussetting the machine for bottles of a given height and, when the ca p isapplied to the mouth of the bottle and the lever forced down until itcomes in Contact with its stop 3T, the bottle will be raised to theproper distance to allow the cap to be crimped accurately and securelyonto the mouth of the bottle.

The operation is as follows The cross head is adjusted vertically to theheight of a bottle to be capped and the guide 28 is also adjusted to thediameter of the bot-tle. A cap, such as illustrated in Fig. S, is placedon the bottle and by merely depressing the lever to its full extent, themovement being limited by the stop 37, the bottle, with the cap thereon,is forced against the plunger 2l and the beveled edge of the cylinderforces the corrugated flange of the cap into the groove 2 of the bottle,securely fastening the capito the bottle. On releasing the lever it willbe returned against the stop 37a by the spring and the bottle with thecap will be withdrawn from the cross head and can be removed and anothersubstitutedl for it.

By making the main frame 5 in two parts, as shown inF ig. 6, and theguide frame also in two parts, as shown in Fig. 7, these elements can bemade of simple castings without machining or elaborate fitting, asmaehines of this type must be made cheaply so as to be sold at areasonable rate to householders and to those who do a comparativelysmall amount ofl bottling.

I claim.:-

l. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a. table; a crosshead; means for adjusting the cross head; means for moving the table andcross head in respect to each other; and a gage lug on the cross headarranged to rest on the top of the bottle when the machine is being setso as to insure the proper adjustment ofthe machine to certain sizebottles.

2. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a frame; a tablemounted on the frame; an operating lever for raising the table; meansfor limiting the movement of the lever; a cross head; means foradjustably securing the cross head to the frame; crimping means carriedby the cross head; and a gage lug on the cross head so that when abottle is mounted on the table the cross head is adjusted so that thelug will rest on the top of the bottle, insuring thel proper operationof the machine when the bottle is capped.

3. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a main frame; a guideframe clamped thereto; rods mounted in the guide frame; means foradjustably holding the rods in position; a cross head carried by therods; a spring-pressed plunger mounted in the cross head, said crosshead being shaped so as to cause the flange of a cap to be pressed ontoa bottle when the bottle vis forced against the cross head; a tablemounted in the main fra-me; and a lever for forcing the table upward sothat the vbottle and the cap will be clamped between the table and theplunger in the cross head.

et. The combination of a main frame made in two parts, each part havinga clamp section arranged to extend over a table; a nut confined betweenthe two parts of the main frame; a clamp screw adapted to the nut; atwo-part guide frame clamped 'toV the main frame; vert-ical rodsadjustably mounted in the guide frame; a table having a plunger adapt-edto the main frame a lever connected to the plunger of the table; a crosshead carried by the upper ends of the rods; and a spring-pressed plungerin the cross head, the cross head being shaped to act upon the ange of acap, which is mounted on a bottlevcar-ried .by the table so that, whenthe lever is moved, the table will be raised and the flange of the capwill be forced onto the bottle.

5. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a main frame made intwo parts, each part having a bearing for a plunger and recessed toreceive a lever and having a clamping member arranged to be secured to atable; a plunger mounted in the main frame; a' table on the plunger;means for preventing the plunger turning; a lever having trunnionsmounted in openings in the main frame; a link connecting the lever withthe plunger of. the table; a guide frame having a socket at each end; arod mounted in each socket;a cross head carried by the rods, the-saidcross head'having a cylinder formed therein; and. a spring-pressedplunger mounted in the cylinder and arranged to engage the cap on thebottle so that as the table is raised by the lever the cap will beforced onto the bottle and its flangev will enter the groove in the.bottle.

6. The combination in a bottle capping machine,of a main frame; atwo-part guide :frame clamped to the main frame; a socket at each end ofthe guide frame; rods adapted to the sockets; pivoted clamps forsecuring the rods in the position to which they are adjusted; a boltextending from one clamp to the other; a nut on the bolt for drawing theclamps together; a cross head carried by the upper ends of the rods,said cross head having a cylinder therein flared at its outer edge; aspring-pressed plunger located Within the cylinder; a table carried bythe main frame; and means for vertically moving the table so as to causethe bottle with the cap thereon to be forced against the spring-pressedplunger of the cross head.

7. The combination in a bottle capping machine, of a two-part main framehaving means for clamping the frame to the table, each part being shapedto receive a plunger and recessed to accommodate the operating lever; aconnecting link; a guide frame made in two parts and secured to thereduced portion of the main frame; a clamp at each end of the guideframe forming a socket; a rod mounted in each socket; means for causingthe clamps to engage the rods; a cross head carried by the upper ends ofthe rods, said cross head having a cylinder flared at its lower end; aspring-pressed plunger mounted in the cylinder; a table having a plungerlocated in the main frame; means for preventing the table from turningin the frame; an operating lever having trunnions mounted in the mainframe; a link connecting the short arm of the lever with the plunger; aspring attached to one of the trunnions of the lever and to a lug on onesection of the casing; a stop on the casing to limit the downwardmovement of the lever; and a guide on the table for the bottle so that,when the bottle is placed on the table withy the cap in position andthelever is operated, the table Will be raised so as to force the cap incontact with the plunger of the cross head, and, on continuing themovement until the lever comes in contact with its stop, the flange ofthe cap will be clamped to the bottle.

In Witness whereof I aIiX my signature.

HARRY E. ASBURY.

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